FAFSA Changes

FAFSA Changes

Katlyn Crawford

May 16, 2023

  1. The 2024-25 FAFSA will not be available until December, 2023. We do not know the exact release date at this point.
  2. Students and parents will no longer be able to create an FSA ID (username and password) the same day they are submitting their FAFSAs. Personal identifying information (PII) must go through a match with other government agencies, and the matching process can take two to three days. It’s imperative that students and parents create their FSA IDs at least two to three days before they submit their FAFSAs.
  3. Depending on the parents’ marital status, both parents may have to create their own FSA ID in order to electronically sign a dependent student’s FAFSA. Example: If parents filed their tax return in 2022 as ‘married, filing jointly’ and they are still married, only one parent will need to create an FSA ID. But in any situation where two parent tax returns will be required (‘married, filing separately’, divorced/remarried since 2022, etc.), both parents will need to create an FSA ID.
  4. Parents with no social security number will now be able to create an FSA ID. We haven’t seen what this will look like yet, but it should all be announced before the release of the new FAFSA. A signature page will no longer be available.